New Features: * First time in 7-Zip - Optimized compression that automatically selects best method between lzma and ppmd, for up to 40% smaller archive size. * Major 7-Zip improvements: delete, rename and update contents of 7zip files. * 7-Zip encryption - added support for 7-Zip encrypted file names (read/write).

Improvements * Faster startup time as much as 40% in certain situations.

Brand new ZIP Engine:* Multicore deflate zip engine, almost 8x faster on i7 than single core systems.* Improved speed of zip compression and extraction on any occassion.* Support for LZMA, PPMd, BZIP2 and WAVPACK in ZIP, according to latest ZIP standards.Both write and read support, making PowerArchiver only application that supportsWinzip 12 and earlier files, while providing faster and stronger compression (up to 8x)compared to WinZip 12.* Multicore LZMA engine for ZIP.* Support for Unicode in ZIP, both read and write. Implemented throughout application.* Faster loading of archives with thousands of files.

Improvements* Interface improvements in Modern interface - faster and better looking.* Interface improvements in Classic interface - more MRU's, more usable.* New Add window in main Powerarchiver, most usable options are now shown on first screen.* You can now select multiple folders in all folder selection windows (backup, tools, etc).* Optimized 7-Zip's Optimized compression - Ultra and Max feature stronger compression now.* Added New Folder and Network buttons in Add window, improved look of other icons.* Unicode support for other formats that support unicode in rest of PowerArchiver interfaces.* Added method property in file list and properties window.* Other smaller improvements, and more major ones coming.

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:06:25 +0000http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-11-70-rc2PowerArchiver 12.00 RC1http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-12-00-rc1
# Changes:* UAC Compatibility with Vista and Windows 7 -- first archiver to completely integrate with Windows 7 and Vista, and offer true support for User Account Control (UAC). Do you want to compress or extract to folders that only Administrator can? No problem anymore -- PowerArchiver 2011 will elevate itself to Administrator user, first archiver to do so.* Full VSS support in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 -- need to compress files that are locked? Databases, Outlook emails, anything that is locked by Windows and not compressible by any other compression utility? PowerArchiver 2011 is first compression utility to utilize Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) and enable you to compress any file on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.* Faster startup -- We looked hard and optimized startup time for PowerArchiver 2011. Registered users will see at minimum 0.5s difference between older versions, and users with slower computers will see much bigger differences.* Edit multiple files -- Edit and Update unlimited number of files inside archives. PowerArchiver will continuously monitor all files you have opened for any changes.* Patchbeam Update System -- Get latest version via 2 second updates, made possible by our Patchbeam update system.* Save and Restore Settings - Easily Import and Export PowerArchiver settings.* Play sound when Done - Plays sound once operation is done (pick any tune you want!)* Improved shell extensions -- ability to split tools into separate shell extensions, added special compress to zipx shell extenion.* Improved File Manager -- now with breadcrumb bar for easier navigation, as in Windows 7.* Better support for large DPI -- PowerArchiver 2011 windows and dialogues now automatically adjust to larger font DPI.

# Format support changes:* Faster Unrar -- Have many RAR files? PowerArchiver 2011 has fastest unrar engine on the planet, 10% faster than WinRar 4.0.* Improved ZIP support - Better handling of ZIP files with foreign filenames, faster large archive compression.* Better TAR support -- You can now compress and extract TAR files over 4 GB in size, and do it faster than ever before. PowerArchiver can also now compress and extract tar.xz format.* Better ISO support - Extract UDF ISO’s, in addition to Extracting ISO9660 files, not only that but it is now up to 2x faster than before. You can also create both UDF (unicode and over 4GB) and ISO9660 files.* Better 7-zip support -- Create and Extract LZMA2 archives.* Better LHA support -- better support for compressing and extracting LHA/LZH archives.* Added support for extracting multiple new formats: MSI, NSIS, CHM, DMG, RPM, CPIO, VHD, XAR, LZMA, SquashFS, CramFS and WIM.

# Secure FTP Client changes:* Completely new Secure FTP client - Our FTP client has been rebuilt from grounds up, everything is 100% new.* Secure protocols added -- Added support for SFTP, FTP with SSL and FTP with SSL/TLS protocols.* Integration with PowerArchiver -- Upload files from archives to FTP and Download them directly to archive, without needing to unpack anything!* Multiple tabs -- Tabbed interface for multiple server connections.* Quick ZIP and Send -- Single button click zips (your choice of formats) and uploads selected file.* Edit and update files - continuously track multiple edited/opened files and update them as needed.* Bandwidth Limiter -- limit bandwidth used with easy and visible option.* Ribbon interface -- first FTP client with Microsoft Office licensed ribbon interface for easier use (optional).* Advanced Queue system -- with multiple transfers and global transfer limits.* Unique Folder queuing -- are you uploading/downloading complete folder? FTP client will have to login only once for faster uploads/downloads.* Disconnect or shutdown -- After queue is completed, you can set it to disconnect from the server or even shutdown your computer.* And much more -- Proxy, SOCKS, Advanced Overwrite options, and more!

# Backup changes:* Full VSS support -- Backup any file on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, without having to worry if something is using it. With this feature, PowerArchiver Backup becomes Enterprise class Backup tool that can compress any database on your computer.* Secure FTP support -- backup to SFTP, FTP with SSL and FTP with SSL/TLS secure ftp servers.* Better Burning support -- backup larger files and close disc tray after burning is done.* Improvement in speed -- faster backups for larger files.

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:06:15 +0000http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-12-00-rc2PowerArchiver 12.00 RC3http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-12-00-rc3
* VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) – lot of testing and improvements. It should work a lot faster now when you have many files compressed via VSS. Should work on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, both 32bit and 64bit. Any file can be compressed!* Improved Disc to Disc copy* Improved Image Grabber (to ISO)* 7-zip SFX – added support for LZMA2* Updated Translations (21 now)* Various smaller improvements throughout the application

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:06:08 +0000http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-12-00-rc4PowerArchiver 12.00 RC5http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-12-00-rc5
# Changes:* New Windows 7 style ribbon GUI with smoother colors and effects.* Improvements to the associations – ability to associate for all users on the computer and some smaller changes to usability.* Translation improvements for German language.* Various other improvements and fixes.

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:06:04 +0000http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-12-00-rc5PowerArchiver 13.00.15 Beta 1http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-13-00-15-beta-1
# Changes:* File list color coding – Background color of file list columns changed based on file size, compression ratio, file type. Completely configurable. Button on status bar for easy on/off.* Enhancements of Modern/Ribbon interface – Active tabs based on file currently clicked on (Preview tab currently).* Easy/Advanced Ribbon interface options – new Easy option for interface that removes less used tabs to make it easier for new users to start using PowerArchiver. Button on status bar for easy on/off.* RAR Compression support – PowerArchiver will use WinRar to compress to RAR within PowerArchiver interface.* RAR Extraction improved – 5% speed improvement on RAR extraction, up to 15% faster than WR 4.x, 30%+ over WR 3.9x.* New Explorer mode for reading archives – New mode that shows paths as folders but does not display contents of hard drive, set as default option.* Redesigned Shell Interface – easier to use, easier to view.* Encrypted Icon – Added encrypted icon to the file list, for easier recognition of encrypted files inside archive.* Improved look of various windows – such as progress bar, etc, matching Win8 look more.* Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, youtube tutorials (over 20+ available), better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.* Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.* Password Policies – Allows you to setup minimum password policy/rule, to force your users to enter passwords with proper length and mix of characters, so they will be harder to crack. Options include: minimum password length, forcing of lower case, upper case, numeric and symbol characters, independently. Click here for Youtube Tutorial* Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported. Click here for Youtube Tutorial.* File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes.

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:05:49 +0000http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-13-00-22-beta-3PowerArchiver 13.00 RC1http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-13-00-rc1
* Improved GZ support – Improved GZIP support.* Improved RAR support – Improved RAR support (deleting files from archive).* Improved FTP SSL/TLS support – Improved support for explicit FTP/SSL, when there is no separate data channel for encrypted files.* Improved Archive Converter – Now keeps encryption when converted encrypted archives, such as from ZIP to 7-zip.* Translation Improvements – German and other translations have been updated.* Various fixes and improvements (over 10)! – Based on your feedback, PA Team worked hard to push RC1 out of the door.

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:05:43 +0000http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-13-00-rc2PowerArchiver 13.00http://tr.oldversion.com/windows/powerarchiver-13-00
* File list color coding – Background color of file list columns changed based on file size, compression ratio, file type. Completely configurable. Button on status bar for easy on/off.* Enhancements of Modern/Ribbon interface – Active tabs based on file currently clicked on (Preview tab currently).* Easy/Advanced Ribbon interface options – new Easy option for interface that removes less used tabs to make it easier for new users to start using PowerArchiver. Button on status bar for easy on/off.* RAR Compression support – PowerArchiver will use WinRar to compress to RAR within PowerArchiver interface.* RAR Extraction improved – 5% speed improvement on RAR extraction, up to 15% faster than WR 4.x, 30%+ over WR 3.9x.* New Explorer mode for reading archives – New mode that shows paths as folders but does not display contents of hard drive, set as default option.* Redesigned Shell Interface – easier to use, easier to view.* Encrypted Icon – Added encrypted icon to the file list, for easier recognition of encrypted files inside archive.* Improved look of various windows – such as progress bar, etc, matching Win8 look more.* Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, youtube tutorials (over 20+ available), better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.* Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.* Password Policies – Allows you to setup minimum password policy/rule, to force your users to enter passwords with proper length and mix of characters, so they will be harder to crack. Options include: minimum password length, forcing of lower case, upper case, numeric and symbol characters, independently. * Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported. * File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes.

UAC Compatibility with Vista and Windows 7 - first archiver to completely integrate with Windows 7 and Vista, and offer true support for User Account Control (UAC). Do you want to compress or extract to folders that only Administrator can? No problem anymore - PowerArchiver 2011 will elevate itself to Administrator user, first archiver to do so.

Full VSS support in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 - need to compress files that are locked? Databases, Outlook emails, anything that is locked by Windows and not compressible by any other compression utility? PowerArchiver 2011 is first compression utility to utilize Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) and enable you to compress any file on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Faster startup - We looked hard and optimized startup time for PowerArchiver 2011. Registered users will see at minimum 0.5s difference between older versions, and users with slower computers will see much bigger differences.

Edit multiple files - Edit and Update unlimited number of files inside archives. PowerArchiver will continuously monitor all files you have opened for any changes.

Patchbeam Update System - Get latest version via 2 second updates, made possible by our Patchbeam update system.

Better TAR support - You can now compress and extract TAR files over 4 GB in size, and do it faster than ever before. PowerArchiver can also now compress and extract tar.xz format.

Better ISO support - Extract UDF ISO’s, in addition to Extracting ISO9660 files, not only that but it is now up to 2x faster than before. You can also create both UDF (unicode and over 4GB) and ISO9660 files.

Better 7-zip support - Create and Extract LZMA2 archives.

Better LHA support - better support for compressing and extracting LHA/LZH archives.

Full VSS support - Backup any file on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, without having to worry if something is using it. With this feature, PowerArchiver Backup becomes Enterprise class Backup tool that can compress any database on your computer.

Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, youtube tutorials (over 20+ available), better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.

Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.

Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported.Click here for Youtube Tutorial.

File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes.

Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, youtube tutorials (over 20+ available), better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.

Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.

Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported.

File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes.

Support for LZMA, PPMd, BZIP2 and WAVPACK in ZIP, according to latest ZIP standards. Both write and read support, making PowerArchiver only application that supports Winzip 12 and earlier files, while providing faster and stronger compression (up to 4x) compared to WinZip 12.

Full support for new .zipx extension for advanced compression methods.

Multicore LZMA engine for ZIP.

Support for Unicode in ZIP, both read and write. Implemented throughout application.

Faster loading of archives with thousands of files.

Windows 7

Full Windows 7 support with jump lists, taskbar progress and taskbar icon overlays. First archiver to do so.

First application with new DirectSkin 6.0 engine that supports Windows 7 (32bit).

Auto complete support in Extract and Select folders - Previously we have only history MRU there but now you have both - you can easily use auto complete to find folder you want to extract to as well as have list of most recently used folders when you click on drop down arrow.

Extract to filename/ option in Extract window - Often requested feature is now here - click to have archive automatically go into folder with its own name. Less typing for you!

Improved help system - all of our tutorials are now connected with our YouTube channel, so newbie users can easily go there and get some video tutorial help!

Smaller Installations. Our current installer is between 9 and 10 MB. We wanted to decrease update size to under 3 MB if possible. – result: updates as low as 500kb, almost 20x smaller than before!

Less interaction. You already have PowerArchiver installed and running. You do not need to interact with properly done update. Target was to lower number of clicks needed to 4. result: 1 click if you use silent update process in Vista/Windows 7, no clicks in XP!

Overall time for update. While 65 seconds is not bad, why not target 30 seconds or less? Lets do it! result: less than 2 seconds to update!